Mega trends: The convergence of public and private clouds

Grazed from ITWeb. Author: Martin May.

Cloud computing has quickly evolved into an umbrella term, describing a variety of different computing concepts that involve a large number of computers (increasingly mobile devices) that are connected to one another. At the core of all cloud computing applications lies the concept of a converged infrastructure with shared resources and shared services, says Martin May, regional director at Enterasys Networks.

Up to now, the emphasis has been on the ‘private cloud’, an infrastructure operated for (or by) a single organisation, whether managed internally or by a third party, and hosted internally or externally. The key benefit of a private cloud is recognised as its ability to pool and dynamically allocate IT resources across any number of business units, allowing services to be deployed quickly – and even scaled to meet growing needs…

Implementing a private cloud project demands a significant level of engagement to ‘virtualise’ the entire business environment. It thus requires organisations to re-evaluate decisions about existing resources and re-examine the health of their underlying network infrastructures…

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